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The Infant Christ Asleep on the Cross   Guido Reni (1575–1642)

The Infant Christ Asleep on the Cross

Guido Reni (1575–1642)

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Der Jesusknabe auf dem Kreuz schlafend
Material/technique
oil on canvas
Measurements
47 × 61 cm
Acquisition
reacquired in 1981 by Prince Franz Josef II von und zu Liechtenstein
Artists/makers/authors
Guido Reni
Detailed information
Inventory number
GE 26
Provenance
presumably acquired before 1712 by Prince Johann Adam Andreas I von Liechenstein; sold on 22.1.1926 to Mr Weil, Vienna 8; 1972 Sotheby's; 1978 Christie's; 1979 Central Picture Galleries; private collection, New York; reacquired on 8.7.1981 by Prince Franz Josef II von und zu Liechtenstein at Sotheby's, London, lot 98 (as Giovanni Andrea Sirani)
Iconography
Christ-child
Literature
Pepper, D. Stephen, Guido Reni. A complete catalogue of his works with an introductory text, Oxford 1984, S. 296, Kat. B8, C1

Vincenzio Fanti, Descrizzione completa di tutto ciò che ritrovasi nella galleria di pittura e scultura di Sua Altezza Giuseppe Wenceslao del S.R.I. Principe Regnante della casa di Lichtenstein, Wien 1767, S. 51 (als Guido Reni), Kat. 284

Johann Dallinger von Dalling, Description des Tableaux, et des Piéces de Sculpture, que renferme la Gallerie de son Altesse François Joseph Chef et Prince Regnant de la Maison de Liechtenstein, Vienne 1780, S. 154-155, Kat. 542

Johann Dallinger von Dalling d. Ä., Catalogus, Manuskript verfasst 1805–1807, (als Guido Reni), Kat.-Nr. 278

Gustav Friedrich Waagen, Die vornehmsten Kunstdenkmäler in Wien, Wien 1866, S. 263 (als Guido Reni)

Jacob von Falke, Katalog der fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Wien 1873 , S. 8 (als Guido Reni), Kat. 52

Jacob von Falke, Katalog der fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Wien 1885, S. 5 (als Guido Reni), Kat. 26

U. Thieme - F. Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler, Bd. 28, Bd. Bd. 28, Leipzig 1934, S. 164 (als Guido Reni)

W. Schad, Das Kind mit dem Kreuz, in: Die Drei. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft, Kunst und soziales Leben, 12 1983, S. 865f., Abb. 2

S. Pepper, The Burlington Magazine, 987 1985, S. 373, Anm. 12

N. Gockerell, Ausst.-Kat. Il Bambino Gesù. Italienische Jesuskindfiguren aus drei Jahrhunderten. Sammlung Hiky Mayr, München 1997, S. 52-53, Abb. 39

Ausst.-Kat. Süsser Schlummer. Der Schlaf in der Kunst, Erika Oehring, erschienen Salzburg 2006, S. 180-181, Kat. 45

Ausst.-Kat. Der Fürst als Sammler. Neuerwerbungen unter Hans-Adam II. von und zu Liechtenstein, Johann Kräftner (Hg.), Liechtenstein Museum, Wien 12.2.2010–24.8.2010, erschienen Wien 2010, Abb. S. 202

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